Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 · Part XX

Who pays for Australian politics?

The Commonwealth funding and disclosure scheme exists to increase transparency and inform the public about the financial dealings of political parties, candidates and others involved in the electoral process. This site turns those AEC returns into something you can actually read.

Money received by party

Top industries

Biggest donors

Donated to both majorsCompanies and people who fund Labor and the Coalition at the same time. Political partiesPick a party and see who it takes money from. ScoreboardThe top donors across every party, split by individual and organisation. IndustriesBanks, miners, unions, developers: which sectors back which party. Donor explorerEvery receipt a donor has disclosed since 1998, on its own page.

Donated to both majors

Donors who gave to both Labor and the Coalition . Select a donor to open its page.

Political parties

Pick a party to see who funded it . Select a donor to see the names it filed under.

Scoreboard

The biggest donors to the parties you choose .

Industries

Money to each party by donor industry . Select an industry to see its biggest donors.

Industries are assigned from donor names by keyword rules plus a hand-checked list of large donors. Most small donors are unclassified.

Donor explorer

Search any company, union or person to open their page with every receipt disclosed since 1998.

Search donors

Biggest donors to the tracked parties, all years public funding and party transfers excluded

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By financial year

All receipts

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